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KMID : 1022420180100020039
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences
2018 Volume.10 No. 2 p.39 ~ p.44
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An analysis of English pronunciation for high-level proficiency adult learners
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Kim Ji-Eun
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the English pronunciation for high-leveled adult Korean speakers based on pronunciation proficiency test. For this purpose, one native English speaker and eight Korean speakers’ suprasegmental features such as sentence F0, standard deviation of vowels and stressed / unstressed vowels' F0, duration and intensity were measured and analyzed. The major results show that (1) high-leveled adult Korean speakers’ sentence F0 was similar to that of native English speaker, (2) vowel durations, were less diverse than those of native English speakers, and (3) high-leveled adult Korean speakers utilize vowel duration more actively than F0 to indicate the stress assignment of vowels.
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KEYWORD
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English pronunciation, adult learners, critical period, F0, vowel duration
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